The museum welcomed
visitors in the first year of opening
We were the lead designer on this project, with the objective to tell the story of the Winter Olympic Games, and allow visitors to have a go at some of the sports!
As visitors enter, they are introduced to the Olympic movement, its formation under founder Pierre de Coubertin, Olympic symbolism and an opening ceremonies audio-visual installation. Visitors can explore how Norway has inspired and developed winter sport worldwide.
Visitors journey from the origins of the Olympic Games in Ancient Greece to the birth of the Modern Games and highlight the greatest Norwegian Olympic moments of all time.
Dominating the main exhibition space is a ski jump emerging from underneath the northern lights inspired by the Lysgårdsbakken ski jump arena that formed a central part of the 1994 Lillehammer celebrations and the focus of the 2016 Youth Olympic Games Opening Ceremony. The lights on the Northern Lights ski jump change colour, and really bring the space to life.
The museum has more than
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At the VIP opening of the museum, the following Royalty guests attended H.M. Queen Sonja of Norway, Crown Princess Mette-Marit of Norway, Thomas Bach, President of the International Olympic Committee, as well as other notable figures including the Norwegian Minister of Culture and former IOC President Jacques Rogge.
